Ridership of 19 is between 20-30,000 a day depending on the day of the week.
I have yet to do data numbers for weekday 40' buses compare to 60' and over 12 months behind doing this.
70-80% of riders using 19 get off at Sq One.
60% of riders using 19 south of Sq One travel to/from Dundas.
40% of riders using 19 north of Sq One go to/from Brampton.
If MT did real ridership load factor of 50 at peak and 35 for off peak, MT would be running 3 minute headway south of Sq One and 5 minutes north at peak time. During weekday, headway for off peak would be 5-8 split.
MT needs run 6-8 split on Sat and 10-12 on Sunday to deal with close doors we get today.
Dundas see close to 20,000 a day with the bulk of ridership between 19 and Islington. Ridership drops off west of Erindale Station Rd for both 1's.
Both routes can see more service if there was better service on them, let alone the other routes.
With the redevelopment of Hurontario and the City Core over the next 20 years, 19 will see close to 75,000 riders a day. Dundas, if redeveloped correctly could see 100,000 a day and this includes riders west of Mississauga using it.
Outside of 19 as a n-s route, Dixie Rd will see the most increase of ridership due to the industrial area. 75% of ridership is north of Dundas. Southdown-Glen Erin (new 13 routing come May 2008) is the next one follow by 9, 10, 61, 38, 44 and 45. Land density doesn't support high ridership now.
10 and 38 routes will be change over the next few years.
For e-w, 34, 39, 35, 20, 23, 7 and 42 can see higher number if there was some real service on these route in the first place. 39 and 35 will see changes come May.
26 and 3 need better service today to the point 3 needs to run every 10 minutes off peak and 5 at peak. As for 26, every other bus is only require west of Sq One and again service needs to be be the same as 3. One reason the 76 was added. Only problem is 20 minute service west of Sq One using every other bus and below 12 minute service requirement.
GO has said they expect to carry 10,000 for off peak and 25,000 for peak for the BRT.
19, 1, 26. 3 and 5 are the top 5 routes for MT and ranking.
If 23 is converted to an LRT and connects to TTC, ridership will jump but will not make the top 5. If the blinders are taken off people. the Lakeshore has a great number of areas that can be redeveloped for higher density that could put 23 in the top 5 of high ridership routes.
I still say that both the BD and the Eglinton Subway have to end up at Sq One since the City core will house 150,000+ people either living, working or going to school in this area over the next 20 years.